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United States Patent | 5,687,059 |
Hoppal | November 11, 1997 |
A molded, expanded polypropylene mass storage mounting scheme that snugly nests a disk mechanism between a bottom part of the mounting scheme housing and a top part of the mounting scheme housing. The mass storage device mounting scheme housing has holes or depressions that are formed to snugly correspond to protruding details in the bottom cover of a computer or workstation assembly enclosure. The mounting holes and protruding details permit the mass storage mounting scheme to be smaller than the entire inside of the computer assembly and still be held securely against horizontal and rotational movement. The top and bottom covers of the computer compressively secures the mass storage device mounting scheme against vertical movement.
Inventors: | Hoppal; John P. (Fort Collins, CO) |
Assignee: | Hewlett-Packard Co (Palo Alto, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 746050 |
Filed: | November 6, 1996 |
Current U.S. Class: | 361/685; 361/724 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 001/16; H05K 007/14 |
Field of Search: | 361/683,685,724,725 360/137 D 206/305,320,328 248/560,632,634,636,672,674 |
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"HP-PAC:A New Chassis and Housing Concept for Electronic Equipment", Hewlett Packard Journal, Aug. 1994, vol. 45, pp. 23-28. |